What’s in store for land use in 2011? As Chair of the Los Angeles Economic Development Council’s Land Use Strategic Advisory Committee, Consensus Inc. founder and CEO Julie Gertler...

From left to right: J. Fred Silva, Senior Fiscal Advisor of “California Forward”, Julie Gertler, founder and CEO of "Consensus Inc.", Geoffrey Neill, Legislative Analyst for “California State Association of Counties”, and Michael Banner, President and CEO of the" Los Angeles LDC Inc."

As Chair of the Los Angeles Economic Development Council’s Land Use Strategic Advisory Committee, Consensus Inc. founder and CEO Julie Gertler began the year with a focused discussion on the fiscalization of land use. Featured speakers J. Fred Silva, Senior Fiscal Advisor of “California Forward”, and Geoffrey Neill, Legislative Analyst for “California State Association of Counties”, addressed how the State’s fiscal crisis and tax structure relates to local land use policies, what challenges and opportunities we face in 2011, and how fiscal incentives and disincentives impact land use decisions. Have a question for Julie? Email her.